Full Mortality: A Nikki Latrelle Racing Mystery

Hill, Sasscer

ISBN 10: 143440398X / ISBN 13: 9781434403988

Verlag: Wildside Pr, 2010

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 143440398X-3-36488541

Inhaltsangabe:

Jockey Nikki Latrelle gets the chance of a lifetime -- to ride the favorite in a stakes race -- only to have her dream destroyed when a mysterious intruder kills her mount the night before the race. Evil people are working at Maryland's Laurel Park race track, and when Nikki stumbles over the body of a gunshot victim, she quickly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Framed and facing a possible murder rap, Nikki is ruled-off the track. Even deprived of job and income, she cannot abandon a mistreated, ill-tempered racehorse doomed to the slaughter house. Nikki and the filly wind up at a seedy stable with a motley group of felons, drunks, and drug-addicts. With unexpected help from a fashion-conscious wholesale meat-seller, a recovering addict, and an ancient groom, Nicky follows a crooked trail of insurance scam and betting fraud. But with the odds against her, can she clear her name -- and put the real criminals behind bars?

"If you like the work Dick Francis or Sue Grafton, you will like Sasscer Hill. With a true insider's knowledge of horse racing, Hill brings us Nikki Latrelle, a young jockey placed in harm's way who finds the courage to fight the odds and the heart to race for her dreams." - Mike Battaglia, NBC racing analyst and TV host, veteran track announcer, and "morning line" odds maker for the Kentucky Derby.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Sasscer Hill lives on a Maryland farm and has bred racehorses for many years. A winner of amateur steeplechase events, she has galloped her horses on the farm and trained them into the winner's circle. She is the author of several mysteries in the "Chesapeake Crimes" anthology series, and her articles have appeared in numerous magazines. Full Mortality is her first novel.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Full Mortality: A Nikki Latrelle Racing ...
Verlag: Wildside Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good